In Uganda, conditions in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) remain the primary drivers of morbidity and mortality, accounting for 60 percent of years of life lost. The high burden of these conditions can be attributed to a poor quality of care resulting from inadequate financial, human, and …
Kampala — About 12,000 people in over 20 districts have been displaced by landslides, storms and floods following the second season rainfall in Uganda, according to the September Early Warning Bulletin released by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). The September Early Warning Bulletin indicates that about six people …
Dodoma — Tanzania Parliament has ratified the treaty concerning the crude oil pipeline between Tanzania and Uganda ahead of the construction expected to start early 2018. The National Assembly passed the agreement on Monday afternoon, September 11, 2017, after comments from the energy and minerals committee, opposition and a short …
This working paper addresses the following question: are climate change-related expenditures starting to appear in national budgets to secure the early implementation of countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)? It examines the evidence of resourcing NDC policies and actions in four sub-Saharan African countries – Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda – …
Tiny pieces of plastic have been found in drinking water on five continents - from Trump Tower in New York to a public tap on the shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda - posing a potential risk to people’s health, researchers said on Wednesday. Plastic degrades over time into tiny …
Kampala — To help Uganda develop enterprises that do not destroy the environment, the European Union (EU) has announced financial support of Euros 100 million (Shs429 billion) for the next three years. Human activities such as industrialisation are changing climatic patterns globally more so in developing countries. As such global …
Kamwenge — Huge expanses of Biguli wetland have been degraded by people seeking land for farming. It is shrinking rapidly, exposing residents of Biguli Sub-county in Kamwenge District to adverse climate change effects such as drought. "We used not to experience drought because our wetlands were not tampered with. We …
This paper examines the relationship between spatial and economic mobility in Uganda using longitudinal data from 2005 through 2012. The study relies on a detailed panel tracking survey and exploits exogenous variation in the spatial intensity of violent conflict, rainfall shocks, distance from the regional capital, and ethnic networks in …
Kalangala — Communities living in Kalangala District stand a greater risk of contracting waterborne diseases arising from the increasing consumption of unsafe water and poor sanitation. The chronic lack of clean water and proper sanitation in the district has exposed residents to water borne diseases that include bilharzia; diarrhea, typhoid …
One person has been killed and ten others are missing in a village in Sironko district following a series of landslides that have hit eastern Uganda, the police said Thursday. In the last two weeks, landslides have been reported in Bududa district in the Mount Elgon area as well as …
Every year thousands of fishermen in east Africa are killed in boating accidents due to intense night-time thunderstorms that whip up unexpectedly on Lake Victoria. Now a new satellite-based forecast system may help to provide early warnings of the storms. Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake, is the perfect setting for …
The number of Ugandans living with tuberculosis (TB) has gone up by 60%, a new survey has found, indicating a worrying spread of the deadly bacterial infection. TB is a bacterial infection that attacks the lungs; acquired through droplets from the coughs or sneezes of an infected person. It is …
Luweero — Caterpillars have invaded Luweero eating several acres of crops, causing fear among residents that famine could strike the district. According to the district entomology department, there are three types of caterpillars ravaging the district. They include the tailed green, the fall armyworm and the black hairy caterpillar. The …
Masaka — When Caesar Ntale, a pineapple grower in Buwunga Sub-county, Masaka District realised the need for more land to expand his pineapple business, he sent brokers to identify more land in neighbouring villages for hire, where they found 20 acres of what they thought was free land at Bwami …
Bududa — A landslide has destroyed three villages in Bulucheke Sub-County of Bududa District in the Mount Elgon region. According to district official, Houses have been knocked down, livestock buried and at least 200 people from forty families displaced. The affected villages are Marobo and Shikhuyu in Buluchecke Sub-county and …
Cabinet has approved the $3.55 billion inter-governmental agreement between Uganda and Tanzania for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Project. In a statement issued on Saturday, the minister of Information and Communication Technology, Frank Tumwebaze, said cabinet discussed and approved the agreement on Friday. The framework agreement, which provides …
KAMPALA - Uganda has been declared free of bird flu after tests of samples from poultry and wild birds proved negative, according to Christopher Kibazanga, the minister of state for agriculture. The minister, who was accompanied by Dr. Noeline Nantima, assistant commissioner in charge of animal disease control, made the …
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) of Uganda and UNDP have issued the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action on 'Climate-Smart Dairy Livestock Value Chains in Uganda'. The objective of this NAMA is to trigger resilient low-carbon development in the dairy sector through the introduction of climate-smart agricultural practices …
The Ugandan energy minister, Irene Muloni, has signed a deal that will require the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) to export power to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the next three years. Muloni revealed this while speaking at the launch of the ISO certification of UEGCL in …
Kibaale — More than 200 people in Kibaale District are struggling with podoconiosis also known as nonfilarial elephantiasis which has left them in abject poverty and misery as they are stigmatised. Podoconiosis is a disease of the lymph vessels of the lower extremities that is caused by chronic exposure to …
The Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO) Saturday disclosed that Nile Basin Commission will be established to enforce demands of equitable utilization of the Nile river’s resources. The commission will be established soon after three additional Nile Basin member states approve the Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA). Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Rwanda …
